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Section 1Foreclosure by entry or action; continued possession
Section 2Entry without judgment; memorandum or certificate; recording
Section 3Declaration by mortgagees; conditional judgment
Section 4Procedure
Section 5Form of conditional judgments generally
Section 6Form in special cases
Section 7Discharge or release on satisfaction of execution
Section 8Form of action; parties
Section 9Right of entry before breach
Section 10Foreclosure and redemption where entry made before breach
Section 11Mortgages containing power of sale; court order for sale
Section 12Procedure after sale
Section 13Necessary parties
Section 14Foreclosure under power of sale; procedure; notice; form
Section 14AForeclosure database; annual report on developments and trends in residential property foreclosures
Section 15Copy of notice; affidavit; recording; evidence
Section 15AMortgagee taking possession or conveying title; notice
Section 16Repealed, 1971, 423, Sec. 22
Section 17Conveyance by mortgagor; effect
Section 17ALimitation of actions
Section 17BNotice of intention to foreclose; necessity; form; notice and affidavit
Section 17CWaiver of provisions of Secs. 17A and 17B; validity
Section 18Persons authorized to redeem
Section 19Tender of payment or performance
Section 20Accounting
Section 21Time for tender; suit for redemption
Section 22Suit without previous tender
Section 23Amounts not in dispute; order for payment
Section 24Costs
Section 25Defective tender
Section 26Venue
Section 27Judgment of possession
Section 28Interest
Section 29Execution for possession
Section 30Judgment and execution for balance
Section 31Distribution of money tendered and paid into court
Section 32Intervention
Section 33Survival of right of redemption
Section 34Tender to guardian or conservator
Section 35Opening foreclosure; right of redemption
Section 35ARight of residential real property mortgagor to cure a default; good faith effort to negotiate for commercially reasonable alternative to foreclosure; response from borrower; affidavit upon initiation of foreclosure proceedings; acceleration of maturity of balance prohibited; notice
Section 35BRequirement of reasonable steps and good faith effort to avoid foreclosure; criteria; notice of right to pursue modified mortgage; recording of affidavit of compliance
Section 35CCreditor actions in violation of chapter
Section 36Excess received by mortgagee; recovery
Section 37Discharge of mortgages held by commonwealth
Section 38Foreclosure
Section 39Redemption generally
Section 40Action for redemption; jurisdiction; process; payments; discharge